The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft feasibility report on a project to make the Port of Seattle one of North America's deepest harbors and ensure it can handle the large container ships necessary to keep it economically competitive. The corps released its draft report on the estimated roughly $83 million project, and opened a public comment period through August.

What will be included in a construction bond that could be offered to Moses Lake School District voters in February 2017 was the subject of a lengthy discussion, but no decision, at a Moses Lake School Board workshop Thursday.

The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) approved $255,000 in grants for public infrastructure development and economic feasibilities studies targeting business growth and job creation for the cities of Washougal, Aberdeen and Tumwater, Pacific County and the Cowlitz and Kalispel tribes.

More than 1,000 units of affordable workforce housing will be created over the next five years around Sound Transit and King County Metro transit stations, with up to $87 million from the sale of bonds backed by future lodging tax revenues.

Residents of Airway Heights and Liberty Lake are voting on whether to pass a combined $25 million worth of construction bond measures to build swimming pools and other recreation facilities.

Join the CDFA Washington Financing Roundtable for the second annual conference on October 11, 2016. This event will feature a number of economic development finance experts from around the state discussing development finance tools, authorities, resources and approaches, and how these can affect the Washington economy going forward.

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CDFA is pleased to announce the release of the Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2015 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends. The report provides complete data of the use of volume cap and the issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds nationwide and is featured in The Bond Buyer. Read the Annual Volume Cap Report and explore CDFA's interactive and searchable National Volume Cap Map.

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